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Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken
This recipe sounds crazy, how can you make a rotisserie chicken in the slow cooker? But take a chance, this chicken tastes amazing! Foil is formed into balls and placed on the bottom of a slow cooker. Then a whole chicken is rubbed with seasonings and placed on top of the foil. After closing the slow cooker, the chicken cooks for hours. Never opening the lid while cooking, not even once, is the secret to this chicken. The finished chicken is so tender and juicy; it tastes just like a rotisserie chicken. And who doesn’t love a good chicken recipe?
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 6 hours 5 minutes
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
- 5 lb whole chicken
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- Foil
Instructions
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Whisk dry ingredients in small bowl until combined.
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Spray slow cooker with non-stick spray. Roll 4 pieces of foil into balls (about the size of tennis balls) and place in the bottom of the slow cooker.
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Remove inside of the chicken, rinse and pat dry with paper towels.
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Rub the seasoning mixture all over the chicken, place breast side down on top of foil balls in the slow cooker and cook 4-4 ½ hours on HIGH or 6-8 hours on LOW or until chicken reaches 165 F. Don’t open slow cooker while cooking!
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If you want a crispy skin remove chicken and place on baking sheet. Turn oven to broil and broil for 2-3 minutes just to crisp it up, don’t burn the skin.
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Let chicken rest 10 minutes before cutting. Pour juices over chicken before serving.
Recipe Notes
I used a 6 lb chicken, so I cooked on LOW for 8 hours. The chicken was not able to be transferred to a baking sheet to broil; it was so tender the meat started to fall off the bone when I removed it from the slow cooker.